Udaipur: A local court today extended the judicial custody for all the 8 accused, including suspended IAS officer Ashok Singhvi, who were arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau in a case of bribery involving Rs.2.55 crore.

Public Prosecutor Om Prakash Mehta said the court also rejected bail application of one accused Sanjay Sethi.

When the accused were brought in the court in a police van, the brother-in-law of one of the accused, Sher Khan, tried to meet Khan and was arrested.

Singhvi and other officials had allegedly demanded the bribe from mines owner Sher Khan to issue him permission to restart his six mines which were closed by the mines department.

The mines owner allegedly sent Rs 2.55 crore to his Shyam Singh Singhvi in Udaipur for handing over the money to a mines department’s middleman Sanjay Sethi and Sethi was supposed to deliver the amount to senior officers but the ACB team apprehended Sethi and Shyam Singh with the amount at the latter’s office in Udaipur.

After that, other officers, including Principal Secretary Ashok Singhvi, were also arrested by ACB from Udaipur, Bhilwara and Jaipur.